San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-14

The press of the country comments
quit favorably upon the arrangement
made by the Boston Herald whereby all
profits OF the concern, after paying
five per cent dividend upon che Invest
ment, are divided am ing the employees
according to the wages paid. The gain
In this direction is manifold, and reaches
much farther than the mere establishing
Of PHEASANT relations between the EN-
ployers a. d their wOrkmen. Laroche
job, nut, the French paper maker, VINO
has worked for years on the co operative
plan, says that "plant two mills, with
equal capital aud otherwise similar
Ia all respects, side by side and let one
WORK on the co operative plan giving
share In the profits TO It's woIklnpmen
and IL will drive the other out OF the
field, because It will always have Its
pi k Of the workmen." GodIn, the great
iron manufacturer of Guise, France,
saws that in his establishment the i'm
proyements invented and patented by
workmen have greatly multiplied since
the cooperative system was applied,
although the profits go into common
fund. Our own American manufactur-
ers entertain the same view, and do not
think fixed wages carry with them any
particular incentive to excellence. The
sharing Of the profits Of manufacturing
establishments has always been followed
by the best possible results, and as these
become more fully understood the prac-
,ice OF wage paying will very largely
cease and the cooperative plan come
into general use. When il does, strikes
will be thing of the past.
Gov. IRRLANDs statement, that the
rich do not bear their proposition OF
taxes levied for the maintenance OF the
government, 10 as true elsewhere as In
Texas. Phil. Armour has property In
Kansas city according to his own state
ment worth $4,SOO,OOO, aud yet he pays
taxes on less than one per cent oil that
amount; the actual figure according TO
tue rolls, is 1877 900. Phil. is good Pres
bylerian, tut some one lied awfully
when his property returns were made TO
the assessor.
TExA- tax receipts are drawn so as to
show the specific purpose for which
each amount is levied. Taking advan-
tage OF this information the principal
taxpayers In Preside county wi quite
generally refuse TO pay taxes levied to
Day the bonds for the new courthouse at
Maria. This action will not be con-
demned BY those who are familiar with
the peculiar methods employed to rush
that county seat and court house ques-
tiOn through. The lesson, though an
expensive one, may be worth to
rexts all it costs Maria. Snap judy
nent has an unpleasant snap to II, like
q rubber band released from It's tension.
OF the real benefits Of Francis Muir
phys work as temperance refOrmer
there is no question. His forts are in
telligently directed towards curing
by inducing drnnkards to
nhsIsin from the use Of intOxicants.
Wherever he has gone. reformation has
followed. There are no political COM
plicatiOns, no movements for political
results, no aping OF legislative methods.
simply a plain. direct statement OF the
evils fol owing the abuse Of liquor ard u
manly appeal TO those who in ulge in
The habit 10 refrain and take pledge Of
total abstinence. His work In Cincin-
natl has accomplished more in three
weeks than all other methods have
worked in three years. The only pro-
Inhibition he advocates is the mans own
personal prohibition. This is effective.
TEXAS revenue collectors can take
some lessons from Uncle Sans servants
that will be of practical benefit to the
state. The comptroller's report shows
Ga liquor dealers Ia the third revenue
district paying state license, to 1859 pay
ing federal license. Where is the natural
and inalienable right Of the states gone
to? This trampling under foot by the
high hand OF the national government
the sacred right OF the state to tax rs
many liquor dealers as the general gov
eminent should be put a stop to. The
right Of the state is being trampled
upon.
The suggestion of the governors mes
sage, that the sbort-term criminals be
put TO work upon the county roads, and
that it be made obligatory upon the
counties to so employ them, is one
which will meet with general approval
The LIGHT directed attention to this
matter many moons ago. The legisla-
lure will consult the interest Of its con-
slituents by paying heed thereto.
BRADsIREET's reports show an easier
money market In all sections of the
country, Chicago having the most strin-
gent market aid the most active de-
msnd, owing to the delayed receipts
from the interior. The failures for the
first week OF 1887 were below those Of
last year ard 1856. The bank clearings
show an excess Of 80 per cent over pre-
vIous week. Thirty-two RAILWAYS show
increased earnings Of 5000 600 for the
year ju-t closed over previou one. and
prices are gei orally sustained the whole